The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-08-03

;hirlv were III inrcd, most OF thcm SllSntiy.
The track -as blocked nine hours lhe
killed and woanded were nearly al en-
ployccs Of the construction train.
There are 200 000 registered slaves In
Brazil, but before long they will all be tree
an slaves registered under the act OF 1871
Will be free in two more years. I nuI then
they serve their masters, but receive pay
i Slave who can raise $500 can purchase
his freedom 1t once.
Tie Interstate Commission docs not re-
garll Tic fact that Communication tlckctS are
put OF sale at given rate, to be one lhal
ca;itlcs tic purchaser of 4 mileage ticket to
COMPLAIN of unjust discrimination II
charged a higher rate. The circumstances
and conditions, tho opinion says, are not
The same
The library Of the late Rev. Archibald
Alexander Hodge, D. d., professor OF di-
tiactc and polcmic theology in lrlnccton
Theological Seminary, has been, with the
exception OF few volumes retained by the
family of the deceased, presented to Lincoln
University, near Oxford. The collection
of books en- races several hundred volumes.
A special from Clinton, Iowa, says that
boys ut play set fire to barn IN a thlckly
settled part of the city Tuesday afternoon
The Baptist church and four residences
were destroyed, and half q dozen other
structures were badly damaged. The loss
is about So, ,0G0; only partly insured.
\ construction train, carrying over 100
laborcrs was run into On Wednesday even
inc BY a freight train, with fearful consc-
GuenCcs. Five men were killed outright
and nine wounded, of which latter two will
die. Responsibility for the disaster is not
yet located.
A delegation from Lynchburg, Va,
headed by Senator Daniel, called on the
President and invited him to attend the
State Fair, to be held at Lynchburg IN
October next The President promised to
consider the invitation, and he said he
would give them decided answer at
later day.
The Board of Guardians of Limerick,
Ireland, has declared the Poor Law Union
bankrupt. Nine thousand pounds is due
to contractors Tor supplies. The banks have
refused 20 cash the checks of the Union.
and rates have not been paid. The Board
| of guardians has ordered that legal action
| Dc begun 20 rccoucr rates
Neither side in Texas uses q soft answer
| to t;irn away wrath. Congressman Mills,
anti prohibitionist, in speech the other
day, asserted that hell was full to over
ilowing with such political preachers as
DR.. 3. II. Carroll" whcrcupon the Waco
.ldcdnce, prohibitionist, calls Mr. Mills,
this toul-moutAcd, inidclic, saakc-eycd
moGs!cr.
The father Of Brooks, alias Maxwell, the
ST. Louis trunk murderer, is on his way
from England TO make q last desperate
effort 10 save his SON. life. Its, Of course,
impossible for the poor old man TO avert
the doom of his guilty son, but he clings to
tho nope that lie may succeed. Brooks IS
under sentence to be hung on the 2G.h of
August.
One OF the quccrcst facts in natural his
:orv has been discovered by Rev. j. J.
l.aiT.rly, Of Richmond, WHO gives it to the
world in lis religious journal as follows:
When :. sparrow hawk pounccs on u
guinea, lie let's the guinea ily, but the
hawk. sitting on the back Of the fowl uses
his tail ~ guide the guinea. lie always
steers his victim to Ills nest in the forest.
II IS understood that the United States
steamship Atlanta on Tuesday went ashore
on = real rock ledge and broke one OF her
propeller blades Her officers are very re-
I i!ccnt, but it is believed that the report is
true. AZ all events she put back TO New.
port, r. l., although She went out for Il
| ten days cruise, and is now anchored to the
buoy OH the training station.
4 terrible epidemic prevails in the Ben
ncttsvillc section of Marlboro county, S. G.
Within 4 small area Of the county, not
more than u miles square, 20 OF more per
sons have died within period Of 80 days.
The epidemic seems to be q fever. Several
persons are still very low, but with the
rains for the last few days. il is hoped that
the disease will be checked.
Tic seventh annual State prohibition
convention is in session at Jackson, Miss,
! Th:rty-onc counties are represented by
regular delegates and several sby proxy,
about forty in all. The meeting is COM
posed OF representative men, and they ap.
pear 20 be deeply interested in the cause Of
prohibition. Bishop Galloway, Of the
Methodist Church, is the presiding officer.
a bloody fight began in Bell county, Ky,
which stil! progresses Tic Sheriff sum
mOnct! 2 possce to arrest party OF Turner's,
living on Yellow Creek in that county,
who resisted, and in the fight which ensued,
George Thomas, of the posse, and George
Turner, of the other side, were killed.
Each side has been reinforced, and the
! fight is raging hotter than at first.
Tie Inter state Commission says that
persons belonging to the class known as
| commercial travellers are not prlvilcdgcd to
| ride over the railroads at lower rates than
| are paid by ether persons. Whatever rcas
onablc rates commercial travellers are made
! to pay other travellers may be made to pay.
| TO charge one more than another is an in.
{ Just discrimination. And this is true
| whether tickets issued are mileage tickets
! or In some other form.
| 4 meeting Of the Richmond, Va, Dem
ocratic Committee unanimously adopted o
resolution requesting Blair, q member of
the committee and wealthy and promi-
ncnt business man, to resign, on account OF
articles of bis which appeared in the New
York MUcpeEGent, charging Democrats in
| The South with fraud in elections and thC
| intimidation Of negroes, and advocating
mixed schools and similar doctrines.
Tuesday nights very heavy rains did i'm
mcnsc damage at the Falls Of Schuylkill,
and the oldest residents Of the place say
! that it was the heaviest storm they ever eX-
| pcricnccG. Raii: began 70 fall early in the
evening an5l until midnight poured in tor
rents Water rushed down the hilly streets,
and ii l o'clock yesterday morning a roar
Ing stream six feet deep poured down Milf
| lin street. y number cf buildings were